Improvement in seeding-cultivators



turen rares l THOMAS A. GALT, GF

STERLING, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,@76, dated Decemberl1, 1860.

Email whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, THoMAs A. GALT, of Sterling, in the county ofVhiteside and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and ImprovedCombination of Seeding Machine and Cultivator, and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthesame,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecication, in whichlFigure l is a side sectional view of my invention,taken in the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.Fig. 3 isa detached sectional view of a portion ofthe seedslide. Figa isa transverse section ofthe same, taken in the line 1/ y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a detached plan view of the mechanism which operates the seed-slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalflgures.

This invention consists in a novel way of attaching the seeding deviceto the cultivator and combining and arranging the same, whereby theformer may readily be rendered inoperative without detaching it from thecultivator.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention,I will proceed to describe it.

-A represents a cultivator,which may be constructed in much theusualWay-to wit, oblique bars @,connected by traverse pieces b,and havingteeth b secured to them. The cultivator is also provided with handles 'BB, and to the front end of the cultivator-frame an adjustable clevis, C,is attached, said clevis being provided with a gage-roller, D. Theclevis C is formed of two segments, c c, connected by traverse-bars d,the segments being secured tothe central bane, of the cultivator-frameby a bolt, f, concentric with the segments. To the front part of thesegments the roller D is attached, and the draft-hook E of the clevis isjustabove the roller, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The segments c c areperforated, and being allowed to turn freely on the bolt f, the rollerand hook may be adjusted higher or lower, as may be required, by meansof a pin, g, which passes transversely through the central bar, e, andthrough either of the holes in the segments c c ofthe clevis.

To the front end of the central bar, e, of the cultivator there isattached an upright, h., at

To the front ends of the side bars, a, of the cultivator there isattached a V-shaped metaI` bar, II, at the front of which there issecured a vertical segment, Z, perforated from top to bottom, and intoeither of which perforations there is iitted the draft-hook when both implements or devices are used conjointly.

I is a seed box or hopper,which is of oblong forni and divided intoaseries of compartments by transverse partitions m.

, At the front and lower end of the box I there is placed the seed-slideJ, which is formed of two perforated plates, a o, iitted in suitableguides, p, attached to the seed-box. The two plates a o are connected atone end by athumbscrew, K, which passes through a flange, q, of oneplate, n, and through a nut, r, attached to a flange, g, of plate o.By'turning the screw K, the two plates may be adjusted longitudinally,and their perforations s` made to register more or less perfectly witheach other, so as to regulate the discharge of the seed from the seedbox or hopper I. This will be fully un derstood by referring to Fig. 3.

At the back side of the back plate, o, of the slide J there are secureda number ofteeth, t,

into which a toothed segment, a, gears. This segment u works onl acenter pin, o, and the segment is connected by a link, w, with a crank,c', at the upper end of an arbor, 6*, which is stepped in a plate, c',attached-to the bottom of the seed box or hopper.

At the lower end of thearbor b* there is a bevel-pinion, d, which gearsinto a bevelwheel, e', attached to the axle f of a wheel, L, the axle fhaving its bearings in a frame, M,- which is attached to the seedbox orhopper I.

To the bottom of the seed box or hopper I there are attached two arms, N`N,which project from the seed-box at its back side, have loops or eyesg at their ends, and are fitted on pintles It, attached to thecultivator, one at each side, as shown in Fig. 2. By this mode ofconnecting the seed-box I to the cultivator, the former may be raisedand lowered, as the arms N are allowed to work or turn on their pintles.This raising ofthe seed-box may be eiiected at any time by actuating thelever F, the front end of which is itted in a metal loop, i', attachedto the back of the seed-box.

It will be seen that when the machine is drawn along, the slide J willhave a reciprocating movement given it by means ofthe gear ing d e,crank a', link w, segment it, and teeth t on the plate o of the slide J.In case of turning the machine, or in passing from place to place, theoperator by simply depressing the back end oflever F will elevate theseed-box I, and raise the WheelL above the surface of the ground,thereby stopping the distribution of the seed when not required.

'Vhen theseeding-machine is not required, the arms N N are merelyslipped off the pintles h', and the clevis C adjusted to graduate thedepth of the cultivator-tecth b', the elevis C, when the seeding-machineis used, being so adjusted as to keep the roller D and hook E above thesurface of the ground. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Attaching the seedbox I to the cultivator A by means ofthe arms N N,fitted on thc pintles h, and having the Wheel L placed 0n the frame E,which is attached to the bottom of the seed-box, said wheel having thedriving mechanism for the seedslide connected with it, in connectionwith the V-shaped draft-bar H attached to the frame of'thecultivatonandall arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS A. GALT." Witnesses:

J. S. STAGER, RosWELL CHAMPION.

